A criminal court in Macedonia's capital has sentenced 86 employees of a road management company to prison terms ranging from eight months to more than six years for involvement in a massive highway toll scam.
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TIRANA (Reuters) - The walls of Kreshnik Spahiu's office in the Albanian capital bear the names of towns far beyond the borders of this Adriatic state, in modern-day Greece, Macedonia, Montenegro and Serbia.
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BRUSSELS (Reuters) - European Union foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton will visit the Western Balkans this week, when the European Commission is due to decide whether to recommend the start of EU membership talks with Serbia and possibly Macedonia.
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SKOPJE (Reuters) - Macedonia held a trouble-free municipal election on Sunday despite recent ethnic and political unrest, in a boost for the Balkan country's hopes to start European Union entry talks later this year.
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SKOPJE (Reuters) - Riot police in Macedonia clashed on Saturday with ethnic Albanian protesters who torched a bus and attacked shops in a second day of violence triggered by the appointment of a former guerrilla fighter as defense minister.
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SKOPJE (Reuters) - One man was drowned and several hundred homes in Macedonia were flooded on Tuesday as two days of heavy rain drenched farmland and caused power outages in the Balkan country, authorities said.
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A woman sits between Orthodox Christian nuns during a prayer session on Great Thursday, during a holy Easter service in the 10th century monastery of St. John the Baptist "Sv. Jovan Bigorski", near Mavrovo, 130 km west of Macedonia's capital Skopje, May 2, 2013. Picture taken May 2, 2013. REUTERS/O

A woman carrying her child follows behind an Orthodox Christian nun for morning prayer on Great Thursday, the crucifixion of Jesus Christ, during a holy Easter service in the 10th century monastery of St. John the Baptist "Sv. Jovan Bigorski", near Mavrovo, 130 km west of Macedonia's capital Skopje

Sister Elisaveta, an Orthodox Christian nun, works on a flower arrangement for the holy Easter service in the 10th century monastery of St. John the Baptist "Sv. Jovan Bigorski", near Mavrovo, 130 km west of Macedonia's capital Skopje, May 2, 2013. Picture taken May 2, 2013. REUTERS/Ognen Teofilovs

An Orthodox Christian nun talks to a believer at the 10th century monastery of St. John the Baptist "Sv. Jovan Bigorski", near Mavrovo, 130 km west of Macedonia's capital Skopje, May 2, 2013. Picture taken May 2, 2013. REUTERS/Ognen Teofilovski (MACEDONIA - Tags: RELIGION SOCIETY)